加利福尼亚艺术家Emilio Villalba用油画创作肖像，通过手势抽象来探索人类的处境。
维拉布拉解释说:“我着迷于人类情感的概念，以及它为何如此重要。”“在我的绘画中，我试图通过改变和扭曲特征来探索和表达情感——创造一种不和谐。他的作品通过再现那些为他坐着的人的细微变化来做到这一点——焦虑的嘴动、眼睑的闪烁、以有形的身体方式描述情感的肢体语言。“通过这些作品，我想探索一种我认为我们都生活在其中的无处不在的压力。他在他的艺术家声明中解释道:“这是一种源于人性——我们独特的混乱情感、痴迷和渴望——与社会成功处方之间的冲突。”“我一直对这些乱七八糟的东西很着迷。”
California-based artist Emilio Villalba creates portraits in oil paint that explore the human condition through gestural abstraction.
“I’m fascinated with the idea of human emotion and why it is so important”, Villabla explains. “In my paintings, I try to explore and express emotion by altering and distorting features—creating a kind of dissonance.” His work does this by reproducing the subtle shifts of those who sit for him—the anxious movement of mouths, the flickering of eyelids, the body language that depicts emotion in a physically tangible way. “With these pieces, I wanted to explore a kind of omnipresent pressure I think we all live under. One that grows out of the clash between humanity—our unique mess of emotions, obsessions and urges—and society’s prescription for success”, he explains in his artist statement. “I’ve always been fascinated by the mess.”
Author: © Emilio Villalba
Photography: Emilio Villalba